When will 2017 USTA year-end NTRP ratings/levels be published?

Nationals are nearly upon us, and while some players are fortunate to get to compete for a championship, most may be done with their matches for 2017, so the focus for them now shifts to thinking about what their year-end level will be.

Will they be bumped up?  Bumped down?  Will they be able to play on the same team with their friends or have to find a new team?  If they must find a few team, they want to start as early as possible before rosters fill up.

For captains, it is even more difficult as they must think about what players will be back or which ones they might lose to how to replace them.  How many players do they need to recruit and they need to start early enough so they aren't committed to another team already.

All of these players are thus interested in when 2017 year-end levels will be published.  I've learned that Friday December 1st is the target date, which is roughly around when they are typically published, although it is often a bit earlier in the week after Thanksgiving, but Thanksgiving is early in the month this year.

For reference, here are the dates they've been published the past few years:

• 2016 - Wednesday November 30th
• 2015 - Monday November 30th
• 2014 - Monday December 1st
• 2013 - Monday December 2nd
• 2012 - Monday November 26th

It appears it has typically been the Monday after Thanksgiving, but last year they didn't hit that, and with an early Thanksgiving and some Nationals being played into November, it appears they aren't going to rush things out and instead wait until the 1st.  Of course, now that I've written this, they'll prove me wrong ...

In any case, plan on December 1st but stay tuned as I'll update or write again as I learn more.

And as always, if you can't wait and want to know what NTRP level you are likely to end up at, I can do individual or team reports, or custom lists to help captains identify who to recruit.  Contact me if interested.